// archives

Ace Ntsoelengoe

This tag is associated with 1 posts

History | Soccer fields, for King and Atlanta, lent space to move ‘beyond Vietnam’

Atlanta, Feb 5 | His work in ministry, as a public speaker and as face of the American civil rights movement prevented him from developing strong sporting enthusiasms, but at least once in his career Martin Luther King Jr. stepped onto a soccer field.

Metaphorically, King’s strides on the Sacramento State pitch in Oct 1967 point toward soccer as a place of social change in America of the civil rights era.

Quotable »

In football it's hard to be racist. Racist people tend not to know the other, but in football you share things. (Lilian Thuram, "A Defender Off the Pitch Too," Financial Times, 1 Jun 08)

Recent Posts »

Get this widget!

Podcasts »

Other voices »

placeholder sidebar ad

Football books »


Link to Global Game library at LibraryThing